Dear George
I feel a person who is blind should be referred as a person with blindness/a
person with visual impairment/a person with vision impairment. When we call
a person as "blind person" his blindnes becomes more prominent. but when we
call him as "a person with---" His blindness is secondary and he as a person
is prominent.
This is my personal view. in my talks I always call a person with ---- and
bot blind person or disabled persons or so on.
Yours sincerely Mittal.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Abraham" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:30 PM
Subject: [AI] What we call ourself!
Hi All,
In many places I have heard people refer to persons without sight as "A
Blind". Collectively such people are often called "Blinds".
Are people who cannot see a separate species like Tiger, Man, Blind, Lion,
Donkey and so on?
This is my personal view as a communicator that people without sight must
be referred to as Blind person or as blind people and not as a blind.
Please note that this mail is not a personal attack on any individual. I
thought I would take the liberty of pointing out this commonly made error.
With best regards,
George
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